Variable: Independent Judiciary

QoG Code: (h_j)


Dataset: Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset

Description:

Dummy variable coded 1 if there is an independent judiciary (based on information from Polity's Executive Constraints, p_xconst) and - where available - on ICRG's index of Law \& Order.

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-01-30


Categories:

Judicial


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Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic time-series: 173
Standard time-series: 173
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2021
Basic time-series: 1946-2021
OECD time-series: 1946-2021

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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016